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School of Library and Information Science M.A. Curriculum (36 semester hours)

Required courses are indicated in yellow. Courses marked by an asterisk have co- or prerequisites.

Foundations/Applications
(Minimum 5 hours)
Conceptual Structures/Systems
(Minimum 7 hours)
Resources/Services
(Minimum 5 hours)
Policy/Planning
(Minimum 5 hours)
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101. Foundations of LIS (2 sh) 120. Design of Auto Sys (3 sh) 260. Strategic Mgmt (2 sh)
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262. School Media Adm (2 sh)
202. Research Methods (3 sh) 122. Org of Info Resources I (3 sh)
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282. Practicum in LIS (2-3 sh)* 123. User Educ: Multimedia (3 sh) 141. Reference (2 sh) 261. Personnel Mgmt (1 sh)
284. School LM Practicum (3 sh)* 124. Database Systems (3 sh)* 142. Web Search Engines (1 sh) 264. Program Eval (1 sh)*
286. Research Practicum (1-3 sh)* 134.  Videotape Production (3 sh) 143. Resources - Children (3 sh) 266. Budgeting (2 sh)
288. Workshop: LIS (1-3 sh) 220. Java Programming (3 sh) 144. Resources - Yng Adults (3 sh) 267. Marketing: Cost Effect (1sh)
290. Capstone (1 sh)* 222. Org of Info Resources II (3 h)* 240. Collection Management (2 sh) 268. Marketing: Promotion (1 sh)
292. Independent Study (1-3 sh) 224. Electronic Publishing (2 sh)* 242. Online Info Systems (2 sh) 270. Public Libraries (2 sh)*
299. Thesis (6 sh)* 226. Digital Libraries (2 sh)* 244. Govt Info Resources (3 sh) 271. Coll and Univ Libs (2 sh)*
  228. Hypertext Systems (2 sh)* 246. Youth Programming  (1 sh) 272. Special Libs (2 sh)*
  230. Text Retrieval (3 sh)* 248. Information Literacy (1 sh)* 273. Informatics and Law (3 sh)
  232. Computer Networks (3 sh)* 250. Alternative Resources - Adults (1 sh)*
274. Health Care Classification
and Knowledge Building (3 sh)
  234. Intelligent Info Agents (3 sh) 252. Reading Interests-Adults (1 sh) 275. Health Informatics I (3 sh)
  239. Topics (1-3 sh)* 254. Scholarly Domains (2 sh)* 276. Facilities (1 sh)
    256. History of Reading (3 sh) 277. Intl Info Networks (1 sh)
    259. Topics (1-3 sh) 278. Info Policy (2 sh)
      279. Topics (1-3 sh)*
      280. Health Informatics II (3 sh)*

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